When is the New Year No Longer Young?
Recently I was asked: “When is the New Year no longer young?” to which I would reply: The New Year […]
Dreaming the New Year into Being
If the skies are clear this week, we’ll see the waning gibbous Moon making a path through the stars of […]
The 12 Days of Christmas and Mercury
The seasonal carol “The 12 Days of Christmas” marks the 12 days from Christmas Day December 25th to Epiphany on […]
The Forces of Destiny at the Year’s Midnight
Destiny has been described as the place where the deeds of gods unite with a human life. The destiny planets […]
The Stars that Witness Our Becoming
There’s a beautiful asterism that rises up in the East after sunset every year in December, described by astronomers as […]
Full Moon and the Hidden Nature of Mars
The big news in astronomy this week is the occultation of Mars by the Full Moon on Wednesday evening, December […]
The Romance of Venus and Mars at Midnight
The last month of the year begins this week, and in grand, poetic style, the planet of love and beauty, […]
Lyrical Mysteries of the Moon
In ancient star wisdom, it was understood that each starry region of the zodiac is ruled by a particular planet. […]
Kepler and the Meteors of the Lion
At waning crescent phase, the Moon is a beautiful silver chalice, gathering up the last remaining mysteries of the night […]
The Total Lunar Eclipse with Mars in the Terrain of the Bull
Tuesday, November 8, 2022 there’s a Total Lunar Eclipse, visible over all of the Americas, coming to maximum at about […]